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  • April 24Lunch - Hot Ham & Cheese Pretzel Sandwich, Baked Beans, Sweet Potato Fries and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 22Buffalo Chicken Cheddar Hoagie, French Fries and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 19Click here for today's announcements!
  • April 19Lunch - Pacifico Specialty Pizza, Sweet Potato Fries, Romaine Salad and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 18Tater Tot Casserole w/Roll, Steamed Broccoli and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 18Mini-Thon! Eighth grade tickets will be sold Thursday, April 18 during sixth period and Friday, April 19 during fourth period.
  • April 17Click here for today's announcements!
  • April 17Lunch- Turkey, Bacon, Swiss croissant sandwich with french fries and a choice of fruit and milk!

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The school district is building a new and improved high school. For the past five months, construction workers have built the foundation for the new high school.

Construction of new building has minimum impact

Sadie Price, Reporter October 25, 2018

The new school is already under construction. After over 100 years of using the same high school building, construction crews have officially begun building. They have been working on the new school since...

Lets Paint!
Two students that are a part of the Friends of Rachel Club paint hearts on the cafeteria windows. They were trying to spread kindness.

Rachel’s Challenge spreads kindness through school

Destiny Montgomery, Reporter October 25, 2018

The Rachel’s Challenge program started this school year after faculty members became interested in it and wanted to spread kindness throughout the school. According to seventh grade English...

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Ninth grade honors students go on trial

Abbie Starr, Reporter May 25, 2018

John Blough’s honors classes created a mock trial associated with their study of And Then There Were None during the week of May 14 to 18 in his classroom. Ninth grader Sierra Lafavor was an attorney...

School year ends with recess days from May 24-31

School year ends with recess days from May 24-31

Mychenze Alberts, Reporter May 25, 2018

The PBS program will be putting on their annual Recess Day from May 24-31. If anyone would like to go to recess day, they must pay 10 lion loot and can not be on probation or have more than five demerits....

Run! Taylor Lane runs to get someone out from the other team. Lane got out and was able to get back in.

School hosts final game night for year

Ben Blackie, Photographer May 25, 2018

On May, Thursday the 17 students were able to stay after school to play games. At the event, students could play badminton, basketball and dodge ball. Students had the opportunity to forget about school...

Counselor Michele Holton sets prizes in the main lobby in preparation for the end of the year event called recess day. Students can use lion loot to enter for a chance to win.

Students end final marking period

Sarah Weathersbee, Reporter May 24, 2018

On June. 1, 2018 students will have their final day of school for the year, ending the final marking period. Teachers last day will be on June 5. Preparations are occurring to the school as well as for...

Seventh, eighth and ninth grade students took on the escape room challenge on May 11. 
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Escape room challenges students

Joleyna Martino, Reporter May 24, 2018

On Friday May, 11 two students from each grade level and four of their invited friends competed in an escape room to win prizes. The students who submitted Lion Loot at lunch were randomly chosen to be...

Ninth graders can get their applications for summer in the guidance office.

Students apply for high school summer school options

Maddie Detwiler, Reporter May 23, 2018

The first session for ninth grade summer school is June 11 to 26. The second session is July 5 to 20. There are two types of courses offered for summer school. Enrichment courses are offered to students...

Selfie Time!
Sarah Graham snaps a pick of (pictured left to right) Patricia Leonard, Sarah Graham, Darrian Berkheimer, Cassandra Kyle and Isabella Frank. The students took the picture after they had been gifted their awards.

Students compete in foreign language competition

Morgan Baker, Reporter May 17, 2018

Students taking foreign language classes competed in academic and non-academic areas at the twenty-ninth annual APPLES Foreign Language Festival at Indiana University of Pennsylvania to show what they...

In the Holocaust museum, this is a room where it has photographs of the victims affected by the mass genocide.

Diversity Club goes to Holocaust Museum

Joleyna Martino, Reporter May 15, 2018

On Monday April 30, the Diversity Club took a trip to Washington D.C. to visit the Holocaust museum. The purpose of the trip was to educate the students on the history of the Holocaust and show the effect...

Isabella Frank, Alaina Koehle, Mya Crownover, and Eve Hogan are all showing their spirit by wearing maroon and white.

Students show their spirit

Maddy Pincin, Reporter May 1, 2018

On April 5, the PBS community held a spirit day in the school to show support and spirit by wearing maroon and white. Spirit days are those days when the school has an actual day students are supposed...

The Jaffa Shrine elephants perform at the circus on April 12!

Circus returns to town

Joleyna Martino, Reporter April 26, 2018

The Jaffa Circus is back in town. The circus returned on Monday April 9 and was in town until Sunday April 15. From clowns to flying trapeze and high wire acts, the Jaffa Circus attracts hundreds of spectators. Wesley...

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